Category: MIL OSI
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Why losing weight or cutting alcohol isn’t always best after illness strikes
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Grinny/Shutterstock.com The health advice that keeps you from getting sick might actually harm you once you’re already ill. This counterintuitive medical reality has a new name: “Cuomo’s paradox”, coined by Professor Raphael Cuomo at UC San Diego…
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It’s 25 years since London got a mayor – and our polling reveals discontent
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elizabeth Simon, Postdoctoral Researcher in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London In 1998, British prime minister Tony Blair was bullish about his government’s vision for local democracy in London. A city-wide referendum had just firmly endorsed New Labour’s plan to give London a mayor. Though…
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The Life of Chuck: Stephen King adaptation celebrates the richness of ordinary life
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Dix, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University “I’m still excited when somebody makes a movie out of something that I’ve done,” Stephen King recently told The Guardian. This openness to exhilaration on King’s part is remarkable, given that he is such a…
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The Trump administration wants to use the military against drug traffickers. History suggests this may backfire
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University In early August, US President Donald Trump signed a not-so-secretive order to make plans for the use of US military force against specific Latin American criminal organisations. The plans were acted upon this week.…
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With eyes on re-election, Netanyahu’s fights with world leaders aim to distract from his many political problems
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University As the longest-serving Israeli prime minister (17 years), Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for his political wizardry and survival skills. But he is also a highly controversial figure with questionable moral standards and legacy.…
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Israel opens new front in Gaza war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Phelps, Commissioning Editor, International Affairs, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The next phase of the war in…
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Tit-for-tat gerrymandering wars won’t end soon – what happens in Texas and California doesn’t stay there
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University Congressional redistricting – the process of drawing electoral districts to account for population changes – was conceived by the Founding Fathers as a once-per-decade redrawing of district lines following the decennial U.S. census. Today it has devolved…
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5 vital leadership takeaways from the life of Chief Poundmaker
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andrew J. Karesa, Adjunct Professor, Indigenous Business, The King’s University Canada Chief Poundmaker photographed outside the North-West Mounted Police barracks, Regina, 1885. (O.B. Buell, Library and Archives Canada, C-001875 /Flickr), CC BY In the 21st century, leadership is typically framed in the position of power, strategy…
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Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University Residents try to put out flames as a wildfire threatens homes in Quito, Ecuador, in September 2024. AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa Worldwide, an…
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Hay fever: new immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Heba Ghazal, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Kingston University Birch pollen allergy symptoms can sometimes last from January to June. Dragana Gordic/ Shutterstock Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population,…